To start with, this is unlike any movie I usually watch. I have never tried watching anything with ninjas (unless you can count Ninja Turtles), so this is my first dealing with that. The synopsis also sounded interesting so I gave it a go. And I surprisingly loved it much more than I expected it to. The story was quite new to me in spite of the romance being cliche. The action scenes kept me crazily engrossed. I couldn't get bored even for a moment there. The special effects are really worth watching. I didn't know Japan made such movies- it reminded me a lot of Hollywood superhero movies. Just substitute the superhero with multiple superhumans in this movie. The imagination of the writer was quite something. And of course, the cinematography was breathtaking. I call that picture perfect. The direction and the technical stuff of the movie is great. The writing is also good but the ending was corny, which is the only reason I am not giving this movie a 10. They could have come up with a better ending. Since this movie is very reminiscent of a certain Shakespearean play, its ending was predictable. I am not familiar with the cast except for Sawajiri Erika but I thought they all did a good job. The leads didn't have that much screentime but they managed to have good chemistry. The characterizations weren't that good but I blame that on the limited time a movie has to be able to include everything in within that time frame. It manages a satisfactory job. The excellent music score also left an impact on me. I loved most of the score being played in the movie. That definitely earns points. Anyway, this is still a great movie and I am glad I saw something as cool as this. It's the perfect film for lovers of action films.